IP Library Granted Patent US 7,160,768
Granted Patent B2
US 7,160,768 · App. 10/885,713 · Granted Jan 9, 2007

Method of manufacturing electronic device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,160,768
App. No.
10/885,713
Granted
Jan 9, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a semiconductor device, which removes troubles occurring when the parasitic capacitance between layered wiring lines with an interlayer insulating film therebetween is reduced, and have a simple structure and high reliability. The electronic device according to the invention can include a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode having a predetermined pattern and formed on the gate insulating layer, an interlayer insulating film formed to cover the gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the interlayer insulating film. The interlayer insulating film can be mainly made of silicon oxynitride with a nitrogen concentration of atomic percent or higher.

Claims (29)

1. A method of manufacturing an electronic device, including a step of forming a layered structure, comprising the steps of:

forming a first conductive layer having a predetermined pattern above a base, the first conductive layer including a relatively low melting point conductive layer and first relatively high melting point conductive layer on the low melting point conductive layer;

forming an insulating layer mainly made of silicon oxynitride and having a nitrogen concentration of 2 atomic percent or higher on the first conductive layer;

forming a second conductive layer on the insulating layer; and

forming the insulating layer to be thicker than the first conductive layer during the insulating layer forming step.

2. The method of manufacturing an electronic device according to claim 1 , in addition to the layered structure forming step, the method further includes a step of annealing the formed layered structure.

3. The method of manufacturing an electronic device according to claim 2 , the annealing including heat-annealing based on heating.

4. The method of manufacturing an electronic device according to claim 2 , the annealing being performed in a water vapor atmosphere.

5. The method of manufacturing an electronic device according to claim 2 , the annealing lowering the nitrogen concentration of the insulating layer to 0.5 atomic percent or lower.

6. The method of manufacturing an electronic device according to claim 1 , the step of forming the first conductive layer further including the steps of:

forming a first relatively high melting point conductive layer on the base;

forming a relatively low melting point conductive layer on the first high melting point conductive layer; and

forming a second relatively high melting point conductive layer on the low melting point conductive layer, and

the second relatively high melting point conductive layer having a melting point higher than that of the low melting point conductive layer.

7. The method of manufacturing an electronic device according to claim 1 ,

the low melting point conductive layer including a layer mainly made of aluminum, and the second high melting point conductive layer being a layer mainly made of any one of high purity metal, metal nitride, and metal oxide.

8. The method of manufacturing an electronic device according to claim 1 ,

the insulating layer having a thickness of 800 nm and the first conductive layer having a thickness of 400 nm.

9. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a step of forming a layered structure, comprising the steps of:

forming a semiconductor layer on a base;

forming a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer;

forming a gate electrode having a predetermined pattern on the gate insulating layer, the gate electrode including a relatively low melting point conductive layer and first relatively high melting point conductive layer on the low melting point conductive layer;

forming an interlayer insulating layer mainly made of silicon oxynitride and having a nitrogen concentration of 2 atomic percent or higher on the gate electrode;

forming a conductive layer on the interlayer insulating layer; and

forming the interlayer insulating layer to be thicker than the gate electrode.

10. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

in addition to the step of forming the layered structure, the method further includes the step of annealing the layered structure.

11. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

the interlayer insulating layer having a thickness of 800 nm and the gate electrode having a thickness of 400 nm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046153/0397 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2004
From: KUDO, MANABU; OHARA, OSAMU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015285/0487 →